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delia goncalves live outside the wilson building this morning. >>> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton releasted a statement on the investigation as well -- >>> it's been two weeks since that epic storm moved through the region and knocked out power to millions. today d.c. city leaders are looking for answers. yvette alexander will lead a public oversight hearing on pep koa and if -- pepco and how well it restored power to customers. more than 65,000 pepco customers in the district lost power after the june 29th storm. >>> now that the power is back on, the city of gaithersburg, maryland is feeling patriotic again. it will hold its fourth of july celebration tonight at the montgomery county fairgrounds. the event was canceled last week because of the storm aftermath. music begins at 7:30 p.m. and fireworks will go off around 9:25 this evening. the fairgrounds are on chestnut street that's just off route 355. >>> 6:36 now. we have commuter alert for you. metro will be slowing down trains. the next time it gets extremely hot. you see a kink in the track was
delia goncalves live outside the wilson building this morning. >>> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton releasted a statement on the investigation as well -- >>> it's been two weeks since that epic storm moved through the region and knocked out power to millions. today d.c. city leaders are looking for answers. yvette alexander will lead a public oversight hearing on pep koa and if -- pepco and how well it restored power to customers. more than 65,000 pepco customers in the...
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delia goncalves is live there with the latest g. morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. as you know there's still no cause of this fire but we do know that the fire started in a ground floor apartment in the back of the building. there's not much facing the back of the building. that's why investigators believe that fire burned unnoticed for some time. when firefighters arrived shortly before 8:00 last night, all three floors were fully engulfed in flames. it's unclear, though, just how long the fire was burning. before we're told a police officer on routine patrol in the area noticed smoke and then called 911. he didn't see any residents out here so he then quickly got out of his cruiser, banged on all the residents' doors to get everyone out safely. unfortunately one resident's dog died in the fire. >> would we have to remember is risk versus benefit. we don't want to risk much -- we will risk much to save much. so when we arrived on the scene, we found heavy fire conditions. we waited until we had adequate water supp
delia goncalves is live there with the latest g. morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. as you know there's still no cause of this fire but we do know that the fire started in a ground floor apartment in the back of the building. there's not much facing the back of the building. that's why investigators believe that fire burned unnoticed for some time. when firefighters arrived shortly before 8:00 last night, all three floors were fully engulfed in flames. it's unclear,...
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back to you, andrea. >> delia goncalves reporting live from cabin john. >>> dominion power says they are working on the last remaining customers without power. that's a relief in reston, virginia. they've been without power for nearly a week, and it is a struggle for seniors who live on top floors without elevator access. even more so for residents who suffer from asthma and other medical conditions made worse by a lack of air conditioning. dominion, which has seen an increase says nearly all customers will have power by tomorrow night. >>> they are this close to getting evicted. today, a lawyer says he plans to file an urgent request to stop evictions at a prince william county mobile home park. a handful of residents got the eviction notices on tuesday, although police did not carry out those evictions. now there is a lawyer for the residents saying he plans to file an emergency restraining order this morning. you see, this mobile home park was severely flooded last september during tropical storm lee. there is an issue with the electrical. that's what one of the inspectors says. m
back to you, andrea. >> delia goncalves reporting live from cabin john. >>> dominion power says they are working on the last remaining customers without power. that's a relief in reston, virginia. they've been without power for nearly a week, and it is a struggle for seniors who live on top floors without elevator access. even more so for residents who suffer from asthma and other medical conditions made worse by a lack of air conditioning. dominion, which has seen an increase...
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delia goncalves is live on capitol hill this morning where the countdown clock is ticking. good morning delia. >> reporter: that's for sure. good morning andrea. all eyes are on congress this morning as the nation braces itself for a possible doomsday scenario. you mentioned some of the numbers. and here's another staggering number. 2million jobs nationwide are at risk if these $2.1 trillion sequestration cuts pass. also on the chopping block federal services that could clouds. national parks and museums and even clip it will military. that's according to -- cripple the military. that's according to defense secretary leon panetta. however, here's the thing. the cuts were never meant to happen. it was simply part of a plan by congress to force a supercommittee to balance the budget but that committee failed and now, it seems the plan has backfired. >> this is a pathetic way to legislate. to have this sword hanging over everybody's head and that's supposed to lead people to a decision. it's just unbelievable that we're facing this this late in the year for something that star
delia goncalves is live on capitol hill this morning where the countdown clock is ticking. good morning delia. >> reporter: that's for sure. good morning andrea. all eyes are on congress this morning as the nation braces itself for a possible doomsday scenario. you mentioned some of the numbers. and here's another staggering number. 2million jobs nationwide are at risk if these $2.1 trillion sequestration cuts pass. also on the chopping block federal services that could clouds. national...
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delia goncalves joins us live from the convention center. she has a preview of what's going on today. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. going to be a very busy day here in d.c. 30,000 people are all expected to kind of crowd the streets as you said in this march and that march includes five different protests throughout the city, everyone calling on an end to aids. the world aids conference, everyone agrees that we are close to an end to this epidemic but the main challenge remains funding. the u.s. has donated an extra $150 million to help poor countries fight the disease with medication and prevention awareness but many are now calling for what they're calling the robin hood tax on wall street that would give 50 cents per $100 of trading to hiv-aids treatment. >> the united states is committed and will remain committed to achieving an aids friegen ration -- aids free generation. >> we need to get better at this. the funding environment is very tough. some days if feels like we're going to have to fight just to keep the fundin
delia goncalves joins us live from the convention center. she has a preview of what's going on today. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. going to be a very busy day here in d.c. 30,000 people are all expected to kind of crowd the streets as you said in this march and that march includes five different protests throughout the city, everyone calling on an end to aids. the world aids conference, everyone agrees that we are close to an end to this epidemic but the main challenge...